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The Role Of Financial Statements In Investment Decisions
[A STUDY OF SELECTED BANKS IN ENUGU METROPOLIS, ENUGU STATE]
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1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The research questions were formulated from the objective such as:
ï¶ What significant relationship does financial statement have to do with investment decision?
ï¶ What impact does financial statement have with investment?
ï¶ Are there any factors that influence investment decision?
ï¶ Does making investment decisions depends depend solely on financial statement?
ï¶ What are the various tools used in investment decision on financial statement?
1.5 HYPOTHESES OF THE STUDY
The following questions were constructed to guide the researcher in her study.
H0 = Financial statement does not have any significant relationship with investment decision.
Hl =Financial statement has significant relationship with investment decision.
H0 = Financial statement does not have any impact in investment decision.
Hl =Financial statement has an impact on investment decision.
H0 = Making investment decisions does not solely depend on financial statement.
Hl = Making investment decisions solely depend on financial statement.
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY.
This
study will be of immense help to the prospective investors and other
interested parties of the general public so as to know how to study the
financial report of a business firm in order for them to make a decision
as to whether or not to invest in such firm. It will help the
government to determine the taxation due and as well as to determine if
all the company’s income has been included in the computation of taxes.
By doing this, there will be an improvement in the overall assets and
liabilities management and the management will also upgrade assets
quality and lower cost of funds. The researcher is of the view that this
research work will address the problem properly.
1.7 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY.
This
study is on the selected Banks in Enugu metropolis, the limitation is
of the study in the selected Banks in Enugu metropolis Enugu state. This
is due to some constraints; those constraints were financial
difficulties which prevented the running down from one relevant selected
Banks in Enugu to another for sources of information necessary for this
study.
Another constraint is the time limit within my disposal, the
demand from the academic activities and limit within this constitutes.
1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS
 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Financial
information summarize the economic performance and situation of a
business when confronted with the information and it is useful to have a
framework of analysis available to make an attempt to draw what is
important from the mass of less important data
 FINANCIAL RATIOS
Financial
ratios provide a means by which various items in the financial accounts
are related to an appropriate base and thereby enabling these items to
be regarded in their proper perspective financial ratios permit
comparative studies and therefore they are important tools of financial
analysis.
 INVESTMENT
Investment is the act of intelligently
determining the uses to which saving can be put investment can also be
defined as the defined as the
sacrifice of current consumption for a future large gain of money or consumption which could be uncertain.
 INVESTMENT COMPANY
These
are financial institutions organized for the purpose of enabling an
individual investor to obtain the advantages of wide diversification in a
single commitment.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTThe research topic of this study is “The role of financial statement in investment decisions†– a study of selected banks in Enugu metropolis. The purpose is to identify the relationship between financial statement and investment decisions, and the impact of financial statement in investment decision making and also to know if investment decisions depends solely on financial statement. The study population is 125 persons who are the member of staff of the five major se ... Continue reading---
